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Frontispiciu Odeon

Richard III

by William Shakespeare, directed by Mihai Măniuțiu

Cast

King Edward IV
Şerban Ionescu
 
Richard, duke of Gloucester, future king Richard III
Marcel Iureş
 
George, Duke of Clarence
 
The Duke of Buckingham
Radu Amzulescu
 
Lord Hastings
Virgil Andriescu
 
Lord Stanley
 
Count Rivers
 
Lord Grey
 
Sir Robert Brackenbury
 
The mayor of London
 
John Morton, bishop of Ely
Nicolae Ivănescu
 
Sir Richard Ratcliff
 
Sir William Catesby
 
Sir James Tyrrel
 
Lord Lovel
 
A messenger
 
Citizens
Nicolae Urs, Radu Panamarenco
 
The Double
 
Lady Anne, the widow of Edward, Prince of Wales
Camelia Maxim
 
Elizabeth, Queen of king Edward IV
 
Margaret, widow of king Henry VI
 
The duchess of York
 
The guards
Mircea Gheorghiu, Dragoș Stamate, Andrei Duban, Felix Tatolici, Daniel Badale, Adrian Ancuța, Radu Baitan, Mihai Danu, Bogdan Voicu, Carol Becher, Tudor Smoleanu, Dan Iacob
 


Directed by
Mihai Măniuțiu
 
Costumes
Doina Levintza
 
Stage design
 
Choreography
Sergiu Anghel
 


For those who get contact with Richard, it is enough that, in a moment of fear, absent-mindedness or confusion, they let themselves invaded by him, even very little. After that, they cannot stop from falling within themselves, from getting caught in their own darnkess, from reaching the ultimate level of destruction.

Mihai Mănuțiu

Press reviews

A glinding world , that still hangs suicidingly from the small finger of a mind with monstruous sparkles.
The equilibrium of the performance from Odeon resides in acknowledging this architecture. Maniutiu grabs the text with determination. The reserved play , the tension of the implosion one can hear silently within the main charaters and within any gesture, is the main key to the actors’ performance.

That February night, ten years ago (Alexandru Dabija was the one who called Maniutiu to Odeon, to stage “Richard III”), I lived the most profound, moving moment in my entire life as a spectator. I can find many explanations for that: the political context of the premiere, the social soul’s state, at that moment, the beginning of the end ( though it was far from the present exesperation) the frenzy to communicate…. Concentration, tension, and almost overwhelming artistic greatness… Such emotions cannot be described.
Dan MihăilescuLitere, Arte, Idei (2003)
Opening night: February 28, 1993
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